Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (born 15 March 2001) is a Namibian cricketer.^[1][2] He made his first-class debut for Namibia in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 8 February 2018.^[3] He was previously named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[4] He made his List A debut for Namibia in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 11 February 2018.^[5]

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton

Personal information
Born	(2001-03-15) 15 March 2001 (age 23) Windhoek, Namibia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium, leg break
Role	Batter, Occasional Wicketkeeper
International information
National side	Namibia
ODI debut (cap 28)	8 December 2019 v UAE
Last ODI	23 February 2024 v Netherlands
ODI shirt no.	30
T20I debut (cap 18)	3 April 2021 v Uganda
Last T20I	27 February 2024 v Nepal
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 36 33 1 41 Runs scored 803 283 8 958 Batting average 28.67 15.72 8.00 29.03 100s/50s 0/6 1/0 0/0 0/8 Top score 73 101 8 73 Balls bowled 461 211 – 479 Wickets 16 8 – 16 Bowling average 23.43 32.50 – 24.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0 Best bowling 4/34 2/21 – 4/34 Catches/stumpings 18/– 12/– 3/– 19/1
Source: Cricinfo, 27 February 2024

In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.^[6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Namibia in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup on 14 September 2018.^[7] In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.^[8]

In June 2019, he was among the 25 cricketers named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season.^[9][10] In December 2019, he was one of three rookie players to be awarded a national contract with the Namibia cricket team.^[11] Later the same month, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2020 Oman Tri-Nation Series.^[12]

In March 2021, he was named in Namibia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Uganda.^[13] He made his T20I debut on 3 April 2021, for Namibia against Uganda.^[14] In September 2021, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[15] In November 2021, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series.^[16] He made his ODI debut on 27 November 2021, for Namibia against Oman.^[17]

On 27 February 2024, he scored the fastest century in men's T20Is, in terms of number of deliveries faced (33).^[18]

References

1. "Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. "Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Namibia – Age: 21". Emerging Cricket. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
3. "Cross Pool, Sunfoil 3-Day Cup at Durban, Feb 8-10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
4. "Namibia Under 19s". ICC. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
5. "Cross Pool, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge at Durban, Feb 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
6. "Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
7. "Pool C, Africa T20 Cup at East London, Sep 14 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
8. "Namibian squad for World T20 Qualifier". The Namibian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
9. "Breaking News – Announcement of the 2019–2020 National Elite Training Squad". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
10. "Elite cricket training squad announced". Erongo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
11. "Newly Contracted National Players". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
12. @CricketNamibia1 (31 December 2019). "Cricket Namibia is pleased to announce the squad touring to Oman for the ICC CWC League2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. "Eagles Squad in Castle Series v Uganda". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
14. "1st T20I, Windhoek, Apr 3 2021, Uganda tour of Namibia". ESPN Cricninfo. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
15. "Namibia name T20 World Cup squad, include David Wiese". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
16. "Namibia Hosting Oman and UAE in Castle Lite Series". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
17. "50th Match, Windhoek, Nov 27 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
18. "Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton scores fastest T20I hundred off 33 balls". India Today. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

External links

• Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton at ESPNcricinfo